Pharmacy Residency Programs


Saint Francis Hospital was founded in 1897 and is the largest Catholic hospital in the New England. We are licensed for 617 inpatient beds and 65 bassinets and are committed to health and healing through excellence, compassionate care and a reverence for the spirituality of each person.

In 2015 Saint Francis Hospital joined the Trinity Health System and works in collaboration with other local members of Trinity Health forming the Trinity Health Of New England regional ministry.

Our Core Values: 

  • Reverence: We honor the sacredness and dignity of every person.
  • Commitment to Those Who are Poor: We stand with and serve those who are poor, especially those most vulnerable.
  • Justice: We foster right relationships to promote the common good, including sustainability of Earth.
  • Stewardship: We honor our heritage and hold ourselves accountable for the human, financial and natural resources entrusted to our care. Integrity: We are faithful to who we say we are.

The mission of the Department of Pharmacy is to provide efficient, cost-effective and clinically excellent patient-directed pharmaceutical care to all customers in the Saint Francis community through dedication, education and continuous quality improvement.

Our Department Vision is To be the leader in pharmaceutical care within Trinity Health for the community we serve.

We provide a broad range of clinical pharmacy services to inpatient and outpatient areas, employing a staff of over 100 professionals and technicians. The pharmacy department serves patient populations at two main campuses. Clinical services are decentralized at both sites, and our pharmacists are actively involved in:

  • General internal medicine
  • Cardiology intensive care
  • Medical/surgical intensive care
  • Emergency medicine
  • Neonatal intensive care
  • Antimicrobial Stewardship
  • Orthopedics
  • Inpatient Hematology/oncology
  • Operating room
  • Outpatient hematology/oncology
  • Anticoagulation
  • Behavioral health
  • Medication safety
  • Various primary care settings
  • Rehabilitation medicine
  • Outpatient HIV/ID
  • Transition of Care
  • Outpatient Congestive Heart Failure

Medication distribution is highly automated, utilizing systems such as DoseEdge, KitCheck and Cubixx. The Epic™ electronic health record system is utilized throughout the inpatient and outpatient areas.

Andrea Winston

PGY1 Pharmacy Residency

Program Director: Andrea Winston, PharmD, BCACP  
Phone: (860) 714-5307  
Email: abastiaa@trinityhealthofne.org 

Amanda Williams, PharmD, BCACP, CDE

PGY2 Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Residency
Program Director: Amanda Williams, PharmD, BCACP, CDE